Outlook
Advanced Geospatial Data Processing for Social Scientists
Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger
2025-04-29
What we have done
| April 28 |
10:00-11:15 |
Introduction |
| April 28 |
11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| April 28 |
11:30-13:00 |
Raster data in R |
| April 28 |
13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| April 28 |
14:00-15:15 |
Raster data processing |
| April 28 |
15:15-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| April 28 |
15:30-17:00 |
Graphical display of raster data in maps |
| April 29 |
10:00-11:15 |
Datacube processing I |
| April 29 |
11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| April 29 |
11:30-13:00 |
Datacube processing II & API access |
| April 29 |
13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| April 29 |
14:00-15:15 |
Data integration and linking (with survey data) |
| April 29 |
15:15-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| April 29 |
15:30-17:00 |
Outlook and open session with own application |
Data Sources
Some more information:
- Geospatial data are interdisciplinary
- Amount of data feels unlimited
- Data providers and data portals are often specific in the area and/or the information they cover
Some random examples:
EOD Spatial Linking Made Easy
Links time- and space-sensitive social science datasets with EOD
Supports inter- and transdisciplinary research
- Environmental social sciences
- Conflict and peace research
- Political attitudes and behavior
- Policy studies
- Economic development and inequality
- Public health
Installation
The development version of the package is available on GitHub. Please also refer to our comprehensive online compendium.
if(!require(remotes)){install.packages("remotes")}
remotes::install_github("denabel/gxc")
library(gxc)
Workflow
Upcoming Workshops / Events
Interactive Data Analysis with Shiny
- 03-04 July & 10-11 July 2025, Online; Lecturers: Jonas Lieth & Paul Bauer
- Register online
Geodata and Spatial Regression Analysis
- 09-11 July 2025, GESIS Mannheim; Lecturer: Tobias Rüttenauer
- Register online
GESIS Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences
- November or December 2025, GESIS Cologne; Hosts: Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger